JP7205990B2 - Display control device and display control method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention provides a facility monitoring system comprising one or more controllers for monitoring or controlling one or more devices installed in a facility, wherein the one or more controllers monitor or control one or more devices. The present invention relates to a display control device and a display control method for displaying information of.

Conventionally, there is known a facility monitoring system technology in which an engineering device or the like monitors or controls one or more devices installed in a facility via one or more controllers (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ).
In a conventional facility monitoring system, an administrator or the like sends information (hereinafter referred to as "control-related information") for the controller to monitor or control equipment from an engineering device or the like for the purpose of monitoring or controlling. Check the content of control-related information according to the purpose by displaying it on the appropriate screen, change the settings of the control-related information, etc., and create a control program for monitoring or controlling the equipment. to implement.

JP 2016-1358 A

When the administrator, etc. performs work such as creating a control program for monitoring or controlling the equipment in the facility monitoring system, how much control-related information is available according to the purpose of monitoring or controlling the equipment in question? Existence information may assist in doing so. However, in the technology of conventional facility monitoring systems represented by the technology disclosed in Patent Document 1, for each purpose such as equipment monitoring or control, information on how much control-related information exists is There is a problem that the information cannot be provided in a form that can be grasped at a glance by an administrator or the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides control-related information in a facility monitoring system having one or more controllers for monitoring or controlling one or more devices installed in a facility. It is a display control device for displaying, and it is possible to provide information on how much control-related information exists according to the purpose of monitoring or controlling equipment in a form that can be grasped at a glance by an administrator or the like. An object of the present invention is to provide a display control device.

A display control device according to the present invention is a facility monitoring system comprising one or more devices installed in a facility and one or more controllers that monitor or control the one or more devices. A display control device for displaying control-related information for a controller to monitor or control the one or more devices, comprising an information acquisition unit that acquires the control-related information, and one or more controllers that control the inside of the controller or the purpose of monitoring or controlling one or more devices by one or more controllers. One or more number display classifications to be displayed, one or more number of articles accepted by the number display classification reception unit based on the number display classification reception unit to receive and the control-related information acquired by the information acquisition unit For each classification, display the count part that counts the number of control-related information belonging to the relevant number display classification, and display the number of control-related information counted by the count part for each number display classification in association with the information related to the relevant number display classification. It is provided with a number list display control section for displaying a number list screen.

According to the present invention, in a facility monitoring system provided with one or more controllers for monitoring or controlling one or more devices installed in a facility, which control-related information according to purposes such as monitoring or controlling the devices is provided. It is possible to provide the information as to how many there are in a form that can be grasped at a glance by an administrator or the like.

1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a facility monitoring system including a display control device according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a display control device according to Embodiment 1; FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of a screen of a display device on which classification information is displayed by a classification display control unit in Embodiment 1; FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an image of an example of a number list screen displayed by a number list display control unit in Embodiment 1; In the first embodiment, the information display instruction receiving unit receives the control-related information display instruction from the state where the number list screen is displayed, and the control-related information display control unit displays the control-related information based on the control-related information display instruction. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an image of a flow up to displaying a screen; FIG. In the first embodiment, from the state in which the number list screen is displayed, the correspondence display instruction reception unit receives the correspondence display instruction, and the number list display control unit displays the number list screen based on the correspondence display instruction. It is a figure for demonstrating an image. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the display control device according to Embodiment 1; FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an image of a number list screen in which the number list display control unit displays information related to the route of the number display classification together in Embodiment 1; In Embodiment 1, the number list display control unit displays the time when the control-related information display screen for the number display classification was opened and the time when editing of the control-related information display screen for the number display classification was started. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of an image of a number list screen that is set to . In the first embodiment, when the number list display control unit changes the display mode of the number of control-related information belonging to the number display classification on the number list screen, the number list screen before change and the number list screen after change It is a figure which shows an example of the image of a number list screen.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
Embodiment 1.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a facility monitoring system 1000 including a display control device 1 according to Embodiment 1. As shown in FIG.
A facility monitoring system 1000 includes an engineering device 10 , a monitoring device 20 , a controller 30 and equipment 40 . The engineering device 10, monitoring device 20, controller 30, and equipment 40 are connected via a network.
In Embodiment 1, the display control device 1 is mounted on the engineering device 10 .
In addition, in FIG. 1, the facility monitoring system 1000 is provided with three controllers 30, but this is only an example. One or more controllers 30 may be provided in the facility monitoring system 1000 . Also, in FIG. 1, each controller 30 is connected to two devices 40 in the facility monitoring system 1000, but this is only an example. Each controller 30 may be connected to one or more devices 40 .
In the following description, one or more controllers 30 are also simply called "controllers 30", and one or more devices 40 are also simply called "devices 40".

The engineering device 10 performs processing related to the control-related information, such as setting change of the control-related information, and constructs the facility monitoring system 1000 . Specifically, for example, an administrator or the like operates the engineering device 10, and from the engineering device 10, a screen displaying control-related information (hereinafter referred to as "control-related "Information display screen") is displayed, and from the displayed control-related information display screen, the above-described processing relating to the control-related information is performed. In Embodiment 1, the control-related information is information for the controller 30 to monitor or control the device 40 or the like. Note that the control-related information is provided with information that can identify for which controller 30 the control-related information is information for monitoring or controlling the device 40 .
Further, for example, the administrator or the like can operate the engineering device 10 to display information about the number of pieces of control-related information on the display device from the engineering device 10 . For example, the administrator or the like checks the number of pieces of displayed control-related information and performs processing related to the control-related information for constructing the facility monitoring system 1000 .
The engineering device 10 can display the control-related information display screen as described above for each preset classification. In addition, the engineering device 10 can display information regarding the number of pieces of control-related information belonging to each preset classification.

In the first embodiment, the control-related information is set in advance by an administrator or the like according to the purpose of the controller 30 to control the inside of the controller or the purpose of the controller 30 to monitor or control the device 40. , are classified. In the first embodiment, that the controller 30 controls the inside of the controller 30 means that the controller 30 uses information internally held by the controller 30 to perform various controls for the operation of the controller 30 itself. say. Specifically, for example, the controller 30 controls the transfer of internally held logical information and physical information. Further, for example, when the controller 30 is duplicated with another controller 30, the controller 30 uses internally held information to control itself to operate as the active controller 30 or the standby controller 30. . In this way, the controller 30 uses information internally held by the controller 30 to perform various controls for the operation of the controller 30 itself. Information internally held by the controller 30 itself, which is used for these various controls, is used as control-related information for constructing the facility monitoring system 1000 in the engineering device 10 .
The display control device 1 provided in the engineering device 10 displays the control-related information display screen or the information regarding the number of control-related information items on the display device. Details of the display control device 1 will be described later.

The monitoring device 20 acquires information about the device 40 via the controller 30, and monitors or controls the device 40 based on the acquired information. Specifically, for example, the administrator or the like operates the monitoring device 20, causes the display device to display a screen on which information about the device 40 is displayed, and confirms the displayed screen. By doing so, the device 40 is monitored or controlled. The information about the device 40 is information about the start/stop state of the device 40, setting information of the device 40, or a measured value measured by the device 40. The facility monitoring system 1000 monitors or controls the device 40. It includes a wide range of information necessary for In addition, in Embodiment 1, the information about the device 40 is included in the control-related information.

The controller 30 collects information about the equipment 40 from the equipment 40 and transmits the information to the engineering device 10 or the monitoring device 20 .
Devices 40 are, for example, sensors, thermometers, motors, or power meters.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the display control device 1 according to the first embodiment. The operation of the display control device 1 is executed by program processing using a CPU based on software.
The display control device 1 includes an information acquisition unit 11 , a display control unit 12 , a reception unit 13 and a count unit 14 .
The display control unit 12 includes a classification display control unit 121 , a control-related information display control unit 122 , and a number list display control unit 123 .
The reception unit 13 includes a detailed display classification reception unit 131 , a number display classification reception unit 132 , an information display instruction reception unit 133 , and a correspondence display instruction reception unit 134 .

The information acquisition unit 11 acquires control-related information from a storage unit (not shown).
In Embodiment 1, the control-related information is stored in the storage unit. For example, the control-related information is stored in the storage unit in advance by an administrator or the like. More specifically, the administrator or the like classifies the control-related information in advance according to the above purpose, and stores the classification result information associated with the control-related information belonging to each classification in the storage unit. Let me remember. In the classification result information, classification is defined in a hierarchical structure. Also, for example, the control-related information is collected from the device 40 by a control-related information collection unit (not shown) and stored in the storage unit. The storage unit and the control-related information collection unit may be provided in the display control device 1 or may be provided outside the display control device 1 . However, it is assumed that at least the storage unit is provided at a location that can be referred to by the display control device 1 .
Note that the information acquisition unit 11 acquires control-related information based on the instruction information received by the reception unit 13 .
The information acquisition unit 11 outputs the acquired control-related information to the display control unit 12 .

The display control unit 12 displays various information on the display device 50 . Note that the display device 50 is assumed to be a display device provided in the engineering device 10 .
The classification display control section 121 of the display control section 12 displays classification information indicating the classification of the control-related information in a certain area of the screen of the display device 50 (hereinafter referred to as "first display area").
The classification display control unit 121 refers to the storage unit and displays classification information based on the classification result information.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of a screen of display device 50 on which classification information is displayed by classification display control unit 121 in the first embodiment.
The classification display control unit 121 displays classification information in the first display area 301 (see 3011 in FIG. 3). At this time, the classification display control unit 121 displays the classification information in a hierarchical structure. In FIG. 3 , the classification display control unit 121 displays classification information in a hierarchical structure for each controller 30 . Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the screen on which the classification information is displayed in a hierarchical structure in the first display area 301 is referred to as a "classification display screen".
For example, in FIG. 3, the classification display control unit 121 uses the classification name as the classification information to be displayed. Note that this is merely an example, and the classification display control unit 121 only needs to display information that can identify the classification of the control-related information as the classification information.
For example, in the “I/O object” category, input data or output data of the device 40, in other words, measured values in the device 40 are classified. Further, for example, in the classification “IOM management”, information indicating the equipment 40 that is monitored or controlled by the controller 30 is classified. In the first embodiment, the input data, the output data, the information indicating the device 40, etc. as described above are collectively referred to as the control-related information.

The classification display screen is displayed based on a display instruction from an administrator or the like. Specifically, for example, the administrator or the like operates an input device (not shown) such as a mouse or keyboard to display an input screen for calling the classification display screen on the display device 50 . The administrator or the like operates the input device to input an instruction to call the classification display screen from the displayed input screen. The reception unit 13 receives the classification display screen call instruction, and outputs information to the effect that the classification display screen call instruction has been received to the display control unit 12 . The display control unit 12 switches the screen of the display device 50 from the input screen to the screen displaying the classification display screen.

When the classification display control unit 121 causes the classification display screen to be displayed, the administrator or the like operates the input device, based on the classification information displayed on the classification display screen. An instruction is input to select a category (hereinafter referred to as a "detailed display category") in which control-related information belonging to is to be displayed from among the categories of control-related information. For example, taking FIG. 3 as an example, the administrator or the like operates the input device to input an instruction to select an I/O object of controller A. FIG. Specifically, the administrator or the like selects the I/O object of controller A as the detailed display category by clicking "I/O object" displayed below controller A on the category display screen. Enter instructions. Note that the administrator or the like can also continuously input instructions for selecting a plurality of detailed display categories.
When the administrator or the like selects the detailed display classification, the detailed display classification reception unit 131 of the reception unit 13 receives the detailed display classification, and the information on the received detailed display classification (hereinafter referred to as "detailed display classification information") is Output to the information acquisition unit 11 and the display control unit 12 . The detailed display classification information includes information specifying the received detailed display classification. As shown in FIG. 3, when the classification information is displayed for each controller 30 on the classification display screen, the detailed display classification information also includes information on the controller 30 corresponding to the detailed display classification.

Based on the control-related information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11, the control-related information display control unit 122 of the display control unit 12 causes the control-related information display screen displaying the control-related information belonging to the detailed display category to be displayed on the display device 50. It is displayed in a certain area (hereinafter referred to as "second display area"). As shown in FIG. 3, the first display area 301 and the second display area 302 exist on the same screen. The control-related information display control unit 122 displays the control-related information display screen on the same screen as the classification display screen is displayed.
Specifically, the information acquisition unit 11 refers to the classification result information stored in the storage unit, and the detailed display classification specified based on the detailed display classification information output from the detailed display classification receiving unit 131, and outputs the acquired control-related information to the control-related information display control unit 122 . The control-related information display control section 122 causes the second display area 302 to display a control-related information display screen displaying the control-related information acquired by the information acquisition section 11 .

When the detailed display classification reception unit 131 receives a plurality of detailed display classifications, the information acquisition unit 11 acquires control-related information belonging to the plurality of detailed display classifications, and the control-related information display control unit 122 receives the plurality of detailed display classifications. A control-related information screen displaying control-related information corresponding to the detailed display classification is displayed in the second display area 302 for each detailed display classification.
For example, in FIG. 3, the detailed display classification reception unit 131 has at least four details: controller A's I/O object, controller A's IOM management, controller A's NNE object, and controller B's I/O object. An example of the control-related information display screen displayed by the control-related information display control unit 122 is shown as a display classification received (see 3021 in FIG. 3).

When displaying a control-related information display screen displaying control-related information belonging to the detailed display classification for each of a plurality of detailed display classifications, the control-related information display control unit 122 displays a plurality of control-related information as shown in FIG. The information display screen can be tabbed and displayed.
Note that this is merely an example, and the control-related information display control unit 122 may display, for example, a plurality of control-related information display screens in the second display area 302, respectively.
When the control-related information display control unit 122 displays the control-related information display screen, the administrator or the like confirms, sets, or changes the control-related information from the displayed control-related information display screen.

The number list display control unit 123 of the display control unit 12 displays a screen displaying the number of control-related information items counted by the counting unit 14 (hereinafter referred to as "number list screen"). The details of the number list display control unit 123 will be described together with the details of the counting unit 14 later.

The reception unit 13 receives various types of information.
The detailed display classification reception unit 131 of the reception unit 13 receives one or more detailed display classifications described above.
The detailed display classification reception unit 131 outputs the received detailed display classification information to the information acquisition unit 11 and the display control unit 12 .

When the control-related information display control unit 122 causes the control-related information display screen to be displayed (see FIG. 3), the number display classification reception unit 132 of the reception unit 13 causes the control-related information display control unit 122 to display the control-related information display screen. One or more detailed display classifications (hereinafter referred to as "number display classifications") to display the number of belonging control-related information selected from the displayed detailed display classifications are accepted.
Specifically, the administrator or the like operates the input device to input the number display classification. For example, the administrator or the like double-clicks the tab of the control-related information screen corresponding to the detailed display classification to be used as the number display classification, in other words, the detailed display classification to display the number of control-related information belonging to. Enter the display classification. The detailed display classification corresponding to the control-related information screen double-clicked by the administrator or the like becomes the number display classification. Further, for example, the administrator or the like may display the number display classification input screen and input information regarding the number display classification from the number display classification input screen. Further, for example, the administrator or the like may input the number display classification by double-clicking the classification information displayed on the classification display screen (see FIG. 3).

To give a specific example, for example, it is assumed that the control-related information screen is displayed as shown in FIG. From this state, the administrator operates the input device and double-clicks the "(100024) Controller A I/O Object" tab. Then, the number display classification reception unit 132 receives the I/O object of the controller A as the number display classification.
In the above specific example, the administrator or the like inputs one number display classification, and the number display classification receiving unit 132 receives the one number display classification, but this is only an example. Absent. An administrator or the like can also input a plurality of number display classifications. In this case, the number display classification receiving unit 132 receives a plurality of input number display classifications.
The number display classification reception unit 132 outputs the received information on the number display classification (hereinafter referred to as “number display classification information”) to the information acquiring unit 11 , the counting unit 14 and the display control unit 12 .

Details of the information display instruction reception unit 133 of the reception unit 13 and the correspondence display instruction reception unit 134 of the reception unit 13 will be described later, and next, the count unit 14 and the number list display control unit 123 will be described.
Based on the control-related information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11, the counting unit 14 counts the number of control-related information corresponding to each number display classification received by the number display classification reception unit 132.

Specifically, the information acquisition unit 11 refers to the classification result information stored in the storage unit, and the number display classification specified based on the number display classification information output from the number display classification reception unit 132, and outputs the acquired control-related information to the counting unit 14 . The information acquisition unit 11 outputs the control-related information to the counting unit 14 in association with the number display classification. The counting unit 14 counts the number of control-related information belonging to each number display classification. When the information acquisition unit 11 has already acquired the control-related information belonging to the number display classification, the information acquisition unit 11 stores the acquired control-related information in the storage unit. The control-related information belonging to the number display classification may be counted based on the control-related information stored in .
For example, assume that the number display classification reception unit 132 receives the I/O object of the controller A as the number display classification from the state where the control-related information screen as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed. In this case, the counting unit 14 counts the number of pieces of control-related information belonging to the controller A I/O object. The counting unit 14 displays the control-related information belonging to the I/O object of the controller A, which the information acquisition unit 11 acquired and stored when the control-related information screen was displayed, or the number of items displayed by the information acquisition unit 11. Count the number of pieces of control-related information belonging to the I/O object of controller A, which are acquired based on the classification information.
The number of pieces of control-related information belonging to the I/O object of controller A is the number of pieces of control-related information displayed in tabular form on the control-related information screen shown in FIG. In other words, the number of pieces of control-related information counted by the counting unit 14 is the number of lines displaying the control-related information on the control-related information screen shown in FIG. 3 (see 3022 in FIG. 3).

When the number display classification receiving unit 132 receives a plurality of number display classifications, the counting unit 14 counts the number of control-related information belonging to each of the plurality of number display classifications.
The counting unit 14 outputs information about the counted number of control-related information to the display control unit 12 in association with information about the number display classification.

The number list display control unit 123 of the display control unit 12 counts the number of control-related information counted by the counting unit 14 for each number display classification based on the information on the number of control-related information output from the counting unit 14. A number list screen displayed in association with information on the number display classification is displayed.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an image of an example of the number list screen displayed by the number list display control unit 123 in the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 shows, as an example, the number list screen when the number display classification is set to "I/O object", "IOM management", and "NNE object" for controllers A to D, respectively.
The administrator or the like can input the number display classification for each controller 30 . In this case, the number display classification reception unit 132 receives the number display classification for each controller 30, and the counting unit 14 counts the number of control-related information belonging to the number display classification for each number display classification for each controller 30. . Then, the number list display control unit 123 displays a number list in which the number of control-related information counted by the counting unit 14 (see 401 in FIG. 4) is associated with the information about the controller 30 and the information about the number display classification. Display the screen (see FIG. 4).

The number list display control unit 123 may display a number list screen as shown in FIG. The screen may be switched to the screen on which the screen was displayed, and the number of cases list screen may be displayed.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, the number list display control unit 123 causes the number of control-related information items counted by the counting unit 14 to be displayed on the number list screen together with the number of control-related information items on the number list screen. information (see 402 in FIG. 4) indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen (see FIG. 3) corresponding to the number display classification, and related to the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification, etc. Information indicating the control-related information display screen (see 403 in FIG. 4) can be displayed in association with information on the number display classification.

For example, in the example of FIG. 4, the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the I/O object of controller A is "closed". In the first embodiment, when the display state of the control-related information display screen is "closed", it means that the control information display screen is not open.
Also, the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the I/O object of controller B indicates "editing". In the first embodiment, when the display state of the control-related information display screen is "editing", it means that the control-related information display screen is opened and the control-related information displayed on the control information display screen is Indicates that the information is being edited. Note that the administrator or the like can edit the control-related information on the control-related information display screen. When the administrator or the like wants to reflect the editing performed on the control-related information display screen, for example, the administrator clicks a registration button or the like displayed on the control-related information display screen using an input device. The receiving unit 13 receives edited content, and for example, a control unit (not shown) outputs the edited content to the engineering device 10 . The engineering device 10, for example, reflects the edited contents in the control-related information stored in the storage unit.

Also, the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the I/O object of the controller C indicates "open". In Embodiment 1, the display state of the control-related information display screen being "open" indicates that the control information display screen is open.
Also, the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the I/O object of the controller D indicates "non-display". In the first embodiment, when the display state of the control-related information display screen is "hidden", it means that the control-related information display screen is open, but the control-related information display control is performed based on the instructions of the administrator or the like. This indicates that the unit 122 is performing control to hide the control-related information display screen.

The number list display control unit 123 may acquire information about the display state of the control-related information display screen from the control-related information display control unit 122 . In addition, the correspondence relationship of the classification is defined in advance by the administrator or the like, and the number list display control unit 123, based on the correspondence relationship of the classification, controls the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification. The control-related information display screen may be specified.
In FIG. 4, the number list display control unit 123 displays information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification and information indicating other control-related information display screens on the number list screen. , is displayed together with the number of control-related information, but this is only an example. The number list display control unit 123 displays either information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification or information indicating another control-related information display screen on the number list screen as the control-related information. You may make it display with the number of information.

Returning to the description of the reception unit 13 shown in FIG.
The information display instruction reception unit 133 of the reception unit 13 issues an instruction to display a control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification displayed on the number list screen displayed by the number list display control unit 123 (hereinafter referred to as “information (referred to as "display instructions").
Information display instruction receiving portion 133 outputs the received information display instruction to information acquiring portion 11 and display control portion 12 . The information display instruction is provided with information on the number display classification.
When an information display instruction is output from the information display instruction reception unit 133, the control-related information display control unit 122 of the display control unit 12 responds to the number display classification displayed on the number list screen based on the information display instruction. to display the control-related information display screen.
For example, when the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification is displayed before the number list screen is displayed, the control-related information display control unit 122 displays the already displayed control-related information. Switch to the screen on which the display screen was displayed. For example, when the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification is not displayed before the number list screen is displayed, the control-related information display control unit 122 instructs the information acquisition unit 11 to display the number display classification. By outputting the information, the information acquisition unit 11 acquires the control-related information corresponding to the number display classification, and displays the control-related information display screen.

FIG. 5 shows that, in the first embodiment, the information display instruction receiving unit 133 receives the information display instruction from the state where the number list screen is displayed, and the control-related information display control unit 122 receives the control-related information display instruction. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an image of the flow up to displaying the control-related information display screen;
FIG. 5 assumes that the information display instruction receiving unit 133 receives an information display instruction while the number list screen shown in FIG. 4 is being displayed.
The administrator or the like operates the input device to input an information display instruction. Specifically, for example, on the number list screen, the information display instruction input section 501 is displayed in association with information indicating the display state of the control-related information screen corresponding to the number display classification. For example, the information display instruction input unit 501 may be displayed when the number list display control unit 123 displays the number list screen. 12 may receive the input of the input unit display instruction and display it.
Information display instruction reception unit 133 receives an information display instruction input by an administrator or the like.
In FIG. 5, as an example, the information display instruction receiving unit 133 receives an information display instruction to display the control-related information display screen corresponding to the "I/O object" of the controller D. FIG.

When the information display instruction receiving unit 133 receives the information display instruction, the control-related information display control unit 122 displays the control-related information display screen based on the information display instruction.
In the example of FIG. 5, the control-related information display control unit 122 displays the control-related information display screen corresponding to the "I/O object" of the controller D, and the screen of the display device changes from the number of cases list screen to the controller The screen is switched to the control-related information display screen corresponding to D "I/O object".

The response display instruction reception unit 134 of the reception unit 13 receives information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification in the number list screen displayed by the number list display control unit 123, or other control information. An instruction to specify whether or not to display information indicating a related information display screen (hereinafter referred to as "corresponding display instruction") is accepted.
For example, the administrator or the like can narrow down the information to be displayed from the number list screen as shown in FIG. Specifically, the administrator, etc., on the number list screen, together with information indicating the number of control-related information, information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification, or other control-related information It is possible to specify whether or not to display information indicating the display screen. The administrator or the like inputs the corresponding display instruction, for example, from the display information specifying section displayed on the number list screen. The response display instruction receiving unit 134 receives a response display instruction input by an administrator or the like.
The response display instruction receiving unit 134 outputs information regarding the received response display instruction to the number list display control unit 123 .
Based on the response display instruction received by the response display instruction receiving unit 134, the number list display control unit 123 displays information indicating the state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification or other control information on the number list screen. Controls whether or not to display information indicating the related information display screen.

FIG. 6 shows that, in Embodiment 1, the correspondence display instruction receiving unit 134 receives the correspondence display instruction from the state in which the number list screen is displayed, and the number list display control unit 123 displays the number list screen based on the correspondence display instruction. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining an image of the flow up to display.
FIG. 6 shows that the correspondence display instruction receiving unit 134 has received a correspondence display instruction while the number list screen shown in FIG. 4 is being displayed.
For example, the administrator or the like operates the input device to input a corresponding display instruction input screen call instruction for calling the corresponding display instruction input screen 602 . The reception unit 13 receives the corresponding display instruction input screen call instruction and outputs information to the effect that the corresponding display instruction input screen call instruction has been received to the number list display control unit 123 . When receiving unit 13 outputs information to the effect that the instruction to call the corresponding display instruction input screen has been received, number list display control unit 123 displays the corresponding display instruction input screen 602 together with the number list screen 601 on display device 50 . display. The corresponding display instruction input screen 602 includes, for example, a number display designation field 6021 for designating display of the number of control-related information, and designation of display of information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification. A status display specifying portion 6022 for specifying the control-related information display screen and a related screen display specifying portion 6023 for specifying the display of information indicating another control-related information display screen are displayed. It should be noted that the number-of-items display designation field 6021 is always in a checked state.

The administrator or the like operates the input device and clicks the status display designation portion 6022 or the related screen display designation portion 6023 to display information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification. or specify the display of information indicating another control-related information display screen.
In FIG. 6, neither the status display designation section 6022 nor the related screen display designation section 6023 is checked, and the administrator or the like can change the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification. This indicates that neither the information to be displayed nor the information indicating other control-related information display screens are specified not to be displayed. In this case, the response display instruction receiving unit 134 instructs the number list screen 601 not to display information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen of the number display classification and information indicating other control-related information display screens. Receives the specified correspondence display instruction.
Then, number list display control unit 123 displays information indicating the state of the control-related information display screen for number display classification and other The information indicating the control-related information display screen is not displayed.

The operation of the display control device 1 according to Embodiment 1 will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the display control device 1 according to the first embodiment.
The classification display control section 121 of the display control section 12 displays the classification display screen displaying the classification information indicating the classification of the control-related information in a hierarchical structure in the first display area of the screen of the display device 50 (step ST701). .

When the classification display control section 121 displays the classification display screen in step ST701, the detailed display classification reception section 131 of the reception section 13 determines whether or not the detailed display classification has been received (step ST702).
In step ST702, if the detailed display classification receiving unit 131 does not receive the detailed display classification ("NO" in step ST702), the display control device 1 ends the process.
In step ST702, when detailed display classification receiving section 131 receives a detailed display classification (“YES” in step ST702), detailed display classification receiving section 131 sends detailed display classification information about the received detailed display classification to information. It outputs to the acquisition unit 11 and the control-related information display control unit 122 of the display control unit 12 .

Information acquiring section 11 refers to the classification result information stored in the storage section, and determines the detailed display classification specified based on the detailed display classification information output from detailed display classification receiving section 131 in step ST702. It acquires the control-related information belonging to it, and outputs the acquired control-related information to the control-related information display control unit 122 . Control-related information display control section 122 causes second display area 302 to display a control-related information display screen displaying the control-related information acquired by information acquisition section 11 (step ST703). For example, the control-related information display control unit 122 displays the control-related information display screen described using FIG.

Whether or not number display classification reception section 132 of reception section 13 has received the number display classification selected from among the detailed display classifications for which control-related information display control section 122 causes the control-related information display screen to be displayed in step ST703. is determined (step ST704).
In step ST704, when the number display classification reception unit 132 does not accept the number display classification ("NO" in step ST704), the display control device 1 ends the process.

In step ST704, if the number display classification reception unit 132 has received the number display classification (“YES” in step ST704), the number display classification reception unit 132 transmits information about the received number display classification to the information acquisition unit 11. , the count unit 14 and the display control unit 12 .

The information acquisition unit 11 refers to the classification result information stored in the storage unit, and selects the number display classification specified based on the information on the number display classification output from the number display classification reception unit 132 in step ST704. and outputs the acquired control-related information to the counting unit 14 . The counting unit 14 counts the number of control-related information corresponding to each number display classification (step ST705).
The counting unit 14 outputs information about the counted number of control-related information to the number list display control unit 123 in association with information about the number display classification.

Based on the information about the number of control-related information items output from the counting unit 14 in step ST705, the number-of-items list display control unit 123 counts the number of control-related information items counted by the counting unit 14 for each number display classification. A number list screen displayed in association with information on the display classification is displayed (step ST706). For example, the number list display control unit 123 displays the number list screen as described with reference to FIG.

When the number list display control unit 123 causes the number list screen to be displayed in step ST706, the information display instruction reception unit 133 of the reception unit 13 determines whether or not an information display instruction has been received (step ST707).
In step ST707, if information display instruction reception section 133 has received an information display instruction ("YES" in step ST707), information display instruction reception section 133 receives the received information display instruction as a control-related information display control section. 122.

When the information display instruction reception unit 133 outputs the information display instruction in step ST707, the control-related information display control unit 122 responds to the number display classification displayed on the number list screen based on the information display instruction. A control-related information display screen is displayed (step ST708). For example, the control-related information display control unit 122 displays the control-related information display screen described using FIG. 5 (see 502 in FIG. 5).

On the other hand, in step ST707, if information display instruction accepting section 133 does not accept an information display instruction (“NO” in step ST707), response display instruction accepting section 134 of accepting section 13 determines whether it has accepted a corresponding display instruction. It is determined whether or not (step ST709).
In step ST709, when the corresponding display instruction receiving unit 134 does not receive the corresponding display instruction (“NO” in step ST709), the display control device 1 terminates the process.

In step ST709, if correspondence display instruction reception unit 134 has received a correspondence display instruction (“YES” in step ST709), correspondence display instruction reception unit 134 sends information regarding the received correspondence display instruction to the number list display control. Output to the unit 123 .

Based on the response display instruction received by response display instruction receiving section 134 in step ST709, number list display control section 123 displays information indicating the state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification on the number list screen, or , control whether or not to display information indicating another control-related information display screen (step ST710). For example, the number list display control unit 123 controls the display of the number list screen as described with reference to FIG.

In the above description, the display control device 1 performs the determination of step ST709 after the determination of step ST707, but this is only an example. For example, the display control device 1 may perform the determination of step ST707 after the determination of step ST709.

In this manner, the display control device 1 counts the number of control-related information belonging to each number display classification and displays the number list screen. As a result, the display control device 1 can provide information indicating how much control-related information exists according to the purpose of monitoring or controlling devices in a form that can be grasped at a glance by an administrator or the like. .
Conventionally, for example, for a certain category commonly associated with a plurality of controllers 30, when it is desired to change control-related information belonging to the certain category, the administrator or the like would A plurality of control-related information display screens must be displayed one by one, and the control-related information that needs to be changed or the like must be searched for depending on whether or not there is control-related information displayed on the control-related information display screen. Therefore, it takes a long time for the administrator or the like to find the control-related information to be changed, resulting in poor work efficiency.
On the other hand, the display control device 1 according to the first embodiment, as described above, displays information on how many pieces of control-related information belong to a certain classification (number display target classification) by displaying the number list screen. , can be provided to an administrator or the like in a form that can be grasped at a glance. As a result, for example, when the control-related information to be changed or the like is classified so as to belong to a plurality of categories, the administrator can quickly find the place where the control-related information actually exists. It is possible to improve work efficiency.
In addition, since the administrator can grasp at a glance how much control-related information exists for each purpose such as equipment monitoring or control, for example, using the control-related information, the facility monitoring system When performing a test to see if the system operates well, it is possible to easily select volume control-related information suitable for the test.

Further, after displaying the list display screen, the display control device 1, when receiving an information display instruction of the classification (number display classification) displayed on the list display screen, displays the control-related information corresponding to the number display classification. I made the screen display. As a result, for example, after grasping the number of control-related information items belonging to the administrator, etc., it is possible to open the necessary control-related information display screen according to the number of cases, and perform tasks such as monitoring or setting the control-related information. can.

Further, on the number list screen, the display control device 1 displays information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification together with the number of control-related information, or the control-related information display screen of the number display classification. Related information showing other control-related information display screens can be displayed. As a result, for example, in a state in which a plurality of control-related information display screens are open, an administrator or the like can check the display state of a desired control-related information display screen. It is possible to grasp the display state of the desired control-related information display screen by checking the number list screen without searching for the desired control-related information display screen from the display screens. In addition, it is possible for an administrator or the like to grasp, for example, how many pieces of control-related information are classified into categories related to each other.
Further, on the number list screen, the display control device 1 displays information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification together with the number of control-related information, or the control-related information display screen of the number display classification. It is possible to control whether or not to display related information indicating other control-related information display screens. As a result, when the administrator or the like confirms the number of control-related information items on the number list screen, the administrator can narrow down the information to be displayed together with the number of control-related information items, if necessary.

In the first embodiment described above, the number list display control unit 123 displays the number list screens shown in FIGS. For example, for the number display classification displayed on the number list screen, information regarding the route of the number display classification may be displayed together. The number list display control unit 123 may specify the information on the root of the number display classification from the classification result information defined by the hierarchical structure stored in the storage unit.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an image of the number list screen in which the number list display control unit 123 displays information (see 801 in FIG. 8) regarding the root of the number display classification in the first embodiment. is.

In addition, for example, when displaying information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification on the number list screen, the number list display control unit 123 displays information on the time when the display state was entered. , may be displayed together. Specifically, for example, the number list display control unit 123 may also display the time when the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification was opened. Further, for example, when the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification is "editing", the number list display control unit 123 also displays the time when editing was started. can also
FIG. 9 shows the time (see 901 in FIG. 9) when the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification is opened by the number list display control unit 123, and the number corresponding to the number display classification in the first embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an image of the number list screen displaying the time (see 902 in FIG. 9) when editing of the control-related information display screen was started.

The number list display control unit 123 can also appropriately change the display mode of the number of control-related information belonging to the number display classification on the number list screen.
FIG. 10 shows a number list screen before change when the number list display control unit 123 changes the display mode of the number of control-related information belonging to the number display classification on the number list screen in the first embodiment. And, it is a diagram showing an example of an image of the number list screen after the change.
As an example, FIG. 10 shows a case where the number list display control unit 123 changes the display mode of the number list screen from the number list screen shown in FIG.
In FIG. 6, the number list display control unit 123 displays the information of the controller 30 on the vertical axis for each controller 30, and displays the number of control-related information of each number display classification corresponding to the controller 30 on the horizontal axis. The number list screen was displayed in a tabular format. As shown in FIG. 10, the number list display control unit 123 displays the number list screen by exchanging the information displayed on the vertical axis and the information displayed on the horizontal axis in the number list screen shown in FIG. It can be displayed (see 1001 in FIG. 10).
Note that the number list display control unit 123 may change the display mode of the number list screen based on an instruction input by an administrator or the like.

In the first embodiment described above, the first display area 301 and the second display area 302 are assumed to be areas on the same screen, and the classification display screen and the control-related information display screen are displayed on the same screen. , this is just an example. For example, when the display control device 1 receives a detailed target classification while the classification display screen is being displayed, the display control device 1 changes the screen from the state in which the classification display screen is displayed to the state in which the control-related information display screen is displayed. You may make it switch.
Also, the display control device 1 may not require display of the classification display screen. The display control device 1 can accept one or more detailed target classifications among a plurality of control-related information classifications, and when the one or more detailed target classifications are received, the one or more detailed target A control-related information display screen displaying control-related information belonging to the detailed target classification may be displayed for each classification.

Further, in the first embodiment described above, in the display control device 1, after the control-related information display control unit 122 displays the control-related information display screen corresponding to the detailed target classification, the number display classification reception unit 132 Although it is assumed that the number display classification is accepted, this is only an example. That is, in the display control device 1, it is not essential that one or more control-related information display screens are displayed before the number display classification receiving unit 132 receives the number display classification.
For example, the administrator or the like can specify a detailed display classification and display the number list screen without displaying the control-related information display screen corresponding to the detailed display classification. Specifically, the administrator or the like inputs an instruction to designate the number display classification without designating the detailed display classification, and the number display classification reception unit 132 receives the number display classification. Then, the number list display control unit 123 displays the number list screen.
Note that the administrator or the like assigns information indicating that the designated classification is the number display classification and designates the number display classification. Specifically, for example, the display control unit 12 displays a number display button on the screen of the display device 50, and the administrator or the like clicks the number display button with an input device, and then Enter instructions that specify the display classification.

Further, in Embodiment 1 described above, the display control device 1 includes the information display instruction reception unit 133, and the information display instruction reception unit 133 receives the information display instruction from the state in which the number list screen is displayed, and the control is performed. Although the related information display control unit 122 has the function of displaying the control related information display screen based on the information display instruction, it is not essential to have the function. If the function is not provided, the display control device 1 may not include the information display instruction reception unit 133 .

Further, in the first embodiment described above, the number list display control unit 123 provides information indicating the number of control-related information and the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification on the number list screen, or Although it has a function to display information indicating other control-related information display screens related to the control-related information display screen of the number display classification, it is not essential to have this function. If the display control device 1 does not have the function, the display control device 1 may not include the corresponding display instruction reception unit 134 .
In the display control device 1, the number list display control unit 123 should display at least the number of control-related information belonging to the number display classification on the number list screen.

Further, in Embodiment 1 described above, the display control device 1 is provided in the engineering device 10 , but the present invention is not limited to this, and the display control device 1 may be provided in the monitoring device 20 . In this case, the display device 50 is, for example, a display device included in the monitoring device 20 .

As described above, according to Embodiment 1, the display control device 1 includes the information acquisition unit 11 that acquires control-related information, and the purpose when the controller 30 controls the inside of the controller 30, or the controller 30 Among a plurality of control-related information classifications classified according to the purpose of monitoring or controlling the device 40, one or more number display classifications for which the number of belonging control-related information is to be displayed are accepted. Based on the number display classification reception unit 132 and the control-related information acquired by the information acquisition unit 11, for each one or more number display classifications received by the number display classification reception unit 132, the control-related information belonging to the number display classification is obtained. Number list display control for displaying a count unit 14 that counts the number of cases and a number list screen that displays the number of control-related information counted by the count unit 14 for each number display classification in association with information related to the number display classification. It is configured to include a portion 123 . Therefore, it is possible to provide information on how much control-related information exists according to the purpose of monitoring or controlling devices in a form that can be grasped at a glance by an administrator or the like.

It should be noted that, within the scope of the present invention, any component of the embodiment can be modified or any component of the embodiment can be omitted.

1 display control device 10 engineering device 20 monitoring device 30 controller 40 device 50 display device 11 information acquisition unit 12 display control unit 121 classification display control unit 122 control-related information display control unit 123 number list display control unit 13 reception unit 131 detailed display classification Reception unit 132 Number display classification reception unit 133 Information display instruction reception unit 134 Correspondence display instruction reception unit 14 Count unit 1000 Facility monitoring system

Claims (8)

In a facility monitoring system comprising one or more devices installed in a facility and one or more controllers that monitor or control the one or more devices, the one or more controllers control the one or more devices A display control device for displaying control-related information for monitoring or controlling,
an information acquisition unit that acquires the control-related information;
A plurality of classifications according to the purpose of the one or more controllers to control the inside of the controller or the purpose of the one or more controllers to monitor or control the one or more devices a number display classification reception unit that receives one or more number display classifications for which the number of items of the control-related information belonging to is to be displayed among the classifications of the control-related information;
counting the number of cases of the control-related information belonging to one or more of the number display classifications accepted by the number display classification reception section based on the control-related information acquired by the information acquisition section; Department and
a display control unit for displaying a number list screen in which the number of the control-related information counted by the counting unit for each number display classification is displayed in association with information related to the number display classification. . A control-related information display control unit for displaying a control-related information display screen displaying the control-related information for each of the plurality of classifications based on the control-related information acquired by the information acquisition unit. Item 1. The display control device according to item 1. a detailed display classification reception unit that receives one or more detailed display classifications for which the control-related information display screen is to be displayed among the plurality of classifications,
The control-related information display control unit displays the control-related information display screen corresponding to one or more of the detailed display classifications accepted by the detailed display classification accepting unit, based on the control-related information acquired by the information acquiring unit. display,
The number display classification reception unit selects one or more number display classifications from among the one or more detailed display classifications for which the control-related information display control unit causes the control-related information display screen to be displayed. 3. The display control device according to claim 2, characterized by receiving. The number list display control unit
In the number list screen, information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification together with the number of the control-related information counted by the counting unit, or the number display classification corresponding to the number display classification 4. The display control device according to claim 2, wherein information indicating another control-related information display screen related to the control-related information display screen is displayed in association with the information related to the number display classification. . Correspondence display specifying whether or not to display information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification or information indicating the other control-related information display screen on the number list screen. A corresponding display instruction reception unit that receives instructions is provided,
The number list display control unit
Information indicating the display state of the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification on the number list screen, or the other control-related information, based on the response display instruction received by the response display instruction receiving unit 5. The display control device according to claim 4, which controls whether or not to display information indicating a display screen. an information display instruction reception unit that receives an information display instruction to display the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification displayed on the number list screen displayed by the number list display control unit,
When the information display instruction receiving unit receives the information display instruction, the control-related information display control unit displays the control-related information display screen corresponding to the number display classification based on the information display instruction. 6. The display control device according to any one of claims 2 to 5, characterized by: The count unit
Counting the number of the control-related information items belonging to one or more number display classifications for each one or more number display classifications in units of one or more controllers;
The number list display control unit
displaying the number list screen in which the number of the control-related information counted by the counting unit is associated with one or more of the controller-related information and the number display classification information; The display control device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. In a facility monitoring system comprising one or more devices installed in a facility and one or more controllers that monitor or control the one or more devices, the one or more controllers control the one or more devices A display control method for displaying control-related information for monitoring or controlling,
an information acquisition unit acquiring the control-related information;
According to the purpose of the one or more controllers to control the inside of the controller, or the purpose of the one or more controllers to monitor or control the one or more devices, the number display classification reception unit a step of receiving one or more number display classifications for which the number of cases of the control-related information belonging to is to be displayed among the plurality of classifications of the control-related information classified by
A counting unit, based on the control-related information acquired by the information acquisition unit, counts the number of the control-related information belonging to the number display classification for each of the one or more number display classifications accepted by the number display classification reception unit. a step of counting
a step of causing a number list display control unit to display a number list screen in which the number of the control-related information counted by the counting unit for each number display classification is displayed in association with information related to the number display classification. Display control method.

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